Foulds House

Foulds House is a farmhouse, now a house, likely built in the early 17th century and has been altered over time. The structure is made of coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins and features a stone slate roof with gable copings and kneelers, except on the right gable. It has a T-plan layout, consisting of a two-bay gable-end baffle-entry range and a large single-bay rear wing.

The building stands two storeys tall; the south front has four windows on each floor. The ground floor windows consist of three, five, three, and three lights, all with deeply recessed mullions and hoodmoulds. The upper floor windows have mostly been altered, except for the third window, which has three similarly recessed lights. The left gable features an unusual two-storey porch set back to the rear corner, which includes a square-headed doorway in the front wall and a large round-headed window with imposts above it, possibly from the 18th century. The gable also has an inserted window at ground floor and a smaller window above.

At the rear, the first bay has a lean-to addition at the ground floor and a recessed two-light window at the first floor, which lacks a mullion. The second bay has a full-height lean-to addition, a small chamfered window at ground floor next to it, and an inserted window on each floor. The building has rebuilt chimneys at both gables and one on the centre of the ridge.

On the west side of the wing, there is one recessed window at ground floor and coupled similar windows above, all lacking mullions. The rear gable has a large external chimney stack with offsets, which terminates with two diagonal flues built against the apex of the gable, and a small window at the first floor to the left of the stack.

Inside, the house features very thick stone internal partition walls and chamfered triangular-headed doorways connecting the first bay to the second bay (one of which is blocked and altered), to the wing, and to each floor of the porch. The rear wing has a large rectangular fireplace at ground floor with a chamfered surround and a huge lintel that incorporates a former bread oven on the left and a blocked fire window on the right. Above, in the chamber, there is a smaller square fireplace with a lintel inscribed "IE" (which stands for John Ecroyd), and a blocked former two-light window in the east wall. The interior has otherwise been altered.